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1978 Major Hurricane NORMAN (1978243N13262)


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Summary Information

Satellite image near maximum intensity
Storm ID 1978243N13262
Start Aug 30 18Z
Landfall Sep 6 15Z
Max Intensity 120 kt (Sep 3 00Z)
End Sep 7 00Z
ATCF IDs EP141978
Track status Best track data.

Storm track plot

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Intensity plots

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Radial wind information

No radial wind information for this storm


Position and Intensity Table

BASIN ISO_TIME_________ NATURE LAT LON WMO WIND USA WIND DS824 WIND TD9636 WIND
days since 1858-11-17 00:00:00 degrees north degrees east degrees north degrees north
EP 1978-08-30 18:00:00 TS 12.80 -98.00 30 30 30 30
EP 21:00:00 TS 12.80 -98.40 35 35 35
EP 1978-08-31 00:00:00 TS 12.80 -98.80 40 40 40 40
EP 03:00:00 TS 12.80 -99.20 40 40 39
EP 06:00:00 TS 12.90 -99.60 40 40 40 38
EP 09:00:00 TS 13.10 -99.90 38 38 36
EP 12:00:00 TS 13.30 -100.20 35 35 35 35
EP 15:00:00 TS 13.60 -100.50 43 43 40
EP 18:00:00 TS 13.90 -100.90 50 50 50 45
EP 21:00:00 TS 14.10 -101.30 53 53 50
EP 1978-09-01 00:00:00 TS 14.30 -101.80 55 55 55 55
EP 03:00:00 TS 14.40 -102.40 60 60 58
EP 06:00:00 TS 14.60 -103.00 65 65 65 60
EP 09:00:00 TS 14.80 -103.80 65 65 63
EP 12:00:00 TS 15.10 -104.60 65 65 65 65
EP 15:00:00 TS 15.60 -105.20 70 70 73
EP 18:00:00 TS 16.10 -105.80 75 75 75 80
EP 21:00:00 TS 16.40 -106.30 85 85 88
EP 1978-09-02 00:00:00 TS 16.80 -106.90 95 95 95 95
EP 03:00:00 TS 17.20 -107.50 105 105 100
EP 06:00:00 TS 17.50 -108.20 115 115 115 105
EP 09:00:00 TS 17.80 -108.90 115 115 110
EP 12:00:00 TS 18.20 -109.60 115 115 115 115
EP 15:00:00 TS 18.60 -110.30 115 115 116
EP 18:00:00 TS 19.00 -111.00 115 115 115 118
EP 21:00:00 TS 19.40 -111.70 118 118 119
EP 1978-09-03 00:00:00 TS 19.80 -112.40 120 120 120 120
EP 03:00:00 TS 20.10 -113.10 118 118 119
EP 06:00:00 TS 20.30 -113.90 115 115 115 118
EP 09:00:00 TS 20.60 -114.70 115 115 116
EP 12:00:00 TS 20.90 -115.40 115 115 115 115
EP 15:00:00 TS 21.30 -116.00 113 113 105
EP 18:00:00 TS 21.80 -116.60 110 110 110 95
EP 21:00:00 TS 22.10 -117.30 93 93 85
EP 1978-09-04 00:00:00 TS 22.50 -117.90 75 75 75 75
EP 03:00:00 TS 22.80 -118.60 73 73 73
EP 06:00:00 TS 23.20 -119.20 70 70 70 70
EP 09:00:00 TS 23.60 -119.80 68 68 68
EP 12:00:00 TS 24.00 -120.30 65 65 65 65
EP 15:00:00 TS 24.60 -120.60 58 58 60
EP 18:00:00 TS 25.30 -120.70 50 50 50 55
EP 21:00:00 TS 25.90 -120.60 48 48 50
EP 1978-09-05 00:00:00 TS 26.60 -120.50 45 45 45 45
EP 03:00:00 TS 27.30 -120.50 43 43 43
EP 06:00:00 TS 28.00 -120.40 40 40 40 40
EP 09:00:00 TS 28.70 -120.20 38 38 38
EP 12:00:00 TS 29.40 -119.90 35 35 35 35
EP 15:00:00 TS 30.00 -119.50 33 33 34
EP 18:00:00 TS 30.70 -119.10 30 30 30 33
EP 21:00:00 TS 31.70 -118.80 30 30 31
EP 1978-09-06 00:00:00 TS 32.50 -118.50 30 30 30 30
EP 03:00:00 TS 32.80 -118.40 28 28
EP 06:00:00 NR 33.00 -118.30 25 25 25
EP 09:00:00 NR 33.20 -118.20 23 23
EP 12:00:00 NR 33.50 -118.20 20 20 20
EP 15:00:00 NR 33.80 -118.20 20 20
EP 18:00:00 NR 34.10 -118.10 20 20 20
EP 21:00:00 NR 34.30 -118.10 20 20
EP 1978-09-07 00:00:00 NR 34.50 -118.00 20 20 20

Source Information

Agency Information
USA hurdat2-nepac-1949-2023-042624.txt:Line=7652:NORMAN
TOKYO
CMA
HKO
NEWDELHI
REUNION
BOM
NADI
WELLINGTON
DS824 e_npac.dat:344:NORMAN
TD9636 cons_worldwide_trop_cyclone_18710101-19891231-002:Line=3962
TD9635
NEUMANN
MLC

All available IBTrACS Data

SEASON BASIN SUBBASIN ISO_TIME_________ NATURE LAT LON WMO WIND WMO AGENCY DIST2LAND LANDFALL IFLAG USA AGENCY USA ATCF_ID USA LAT USA LON USA STATUS USA WIND USA SSHS DS824 LAT DS824 LON DS824 STAGE DS824 WIND TD9636 LAT TD9636 LON TD9636 STAGE TD9636 WIND STORM SPEED STORM DIR
Year days since 1858-11-17 00:00:00 degrees north degrees east mb km km degrees north mb nmile degrees north 1 kts mb degrees north degrees north degrees east
1978 EP MM 1978-08-30 18:00:00 TS 12.80 -98.00 30 hurdat_epa 347 347 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP141978 12.80 -98.00 TD 30 -1 12.80 -98.00 TC 30 12.80 -98.00 1 30 8 270
1978 EP MM 21:00:00 TS 12.80 -98.40 364 364 P_________PP___ EP141978 12.80 -98.40 TD 35 0 12.80 -98.40 TC 35 12.80 -98.40 1 35 8 270
1978 EP MM 1978-08-31 00:00:00 TS 12.80 -98.80 40 hurdat_epa 374 374 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP141978 12.80 -98.80 TS 40 0 12.80 -98.80 TC 40 12.80 -98.80 2 40 8 270
1978 EP MM 03:00:00 TS 12.80 -99.20 388 387 P_________PP___ EP141978 12.80 -99.20 TS 40 0 12.80 -99.20 TC 40 12.90 -99.20 2 39 8 280
1978 EP MM 06:00:00 TS 12.90 -99.60 40 hurdat_epa 395 384 O_________OP___ hurdat_epa EP141978 12.90 -99.60 TS 40 0 12.90 -99.60 TC 40 13.00 -99.50 2 38 7 290
1978 EP MM 09:00:00 TS 13.10 -99.90 384 372 P_________PP___ EP141978 13.10 -99.90 TS 38 0 13.10 -99.90 TC 38 13.10 -99.80 2 36 7 305
1978 EP MM 12:00:00 TS 13.30 -100.20 35 hurdat_epa 377 357 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP141978 13.30 -100.20 TS 35 0 13.30 -100.20 TC 35 13.30 -100.20 2 35 8 310
1978 EP MM 15:00:00 TS 13.60 -100.50 357 338 P_________PP___ EP141978 13.60 -100.50 TS 43 0 13.60 -100.50 TC 43 13.50 -100.50 2 40 9 310
1978 EP MM 18:00:00 TS 13.90 -100.90 50 hurdat_epa 338 332 O_________OP___ hurdat_epa EP141978 13.90 -100.90 TS 50 0 13.90 -100.90 TC 50 13.80 -100.90 2 45 9 305
1978 EP MM 21:00:00 TS 14.10 -101.30 337 333 P_________PP___ EP141978 14.10 -101.30 TS 53 0 14.10 -101.30 TC 53 14.00 -101.30 2 50 10 295
1978 EP MM 1978-09-01 00:00:00 TS 14.30 -101.80 55 hurdat_epa 341 338 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP141978 14.30 -101.80 TS 55 0 14.30 -101.80 TC 55 14.30 -101.80 2 55 11 290
1978 EP MM 03:00:00 TS 14.40 -102.40 353 342 P_________PP___ EP141978 14.40 -102.30 TS 60 0 14.40 -102.30 TC 60 14.50 -102.40 2 58 12 285
1978 EP MM 06:00:00 TS 14.60 -103.00 65 hurdat_epa 364 364 O_________OP___ hurdat_epa EP141978 14.60 -103.00 HU 65 1 14.60 -103.00 TC 65 14.60 -103.10 2 60 15 285
1978 EP MM 09:00:00 TS 14.80 -103.80 380 373 P_________PP___ EP141978 14.80 -103.80 HU 65 1 14.80 -103.80 TC 65 14.80 -103.90 2 63 16 290
1978 EP MM 12:00:00 TS 15.10 -104.60 65 hurdat_epa 376 356 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP141978 15.10 -104.60 HU 65 1 15.10 -104.60 TC 65 15.10 -104.60 4 65 16 300
1978 EP MM 15:00:00 TS 15.60 -105.20 352 347 P_________PP___ EP141978 15.60 -105.20 HU 70 1 15.60 -105.20 TC 70 15.50 -105.20 4 73 15 310
1978 EP MM 18:00:00 TS 16.10 -105.80 75 hurdat_epa 346 346 O_________OP___ hurdat_epa EP141978 16.10 -105.80 HU 75 1 16.10 -105.80 TC 75 15.90 -105.80 4 80 14 310
1978 EP MM 21:00:00 TS 16.40 -106.30 351 341 P_________PP___ EP141978 16.50 -106.30 HU 85 2 16.50 -106.30 TC 85 16.40 -106.30 4 88 13 305
1978 EP MM 1978-09-02 00:00:00 TS 16.80 -106.90 95 hurdat_epa 348 346 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP141978 16.80 -106.90 HU 95 2 16.80 -106.90 TC 95 16.80 -106.90 4 95 13 300
1978 EP MM 03:00:00 TS 17.20 -107.50 360 360 P_________PP___ EP141978 17.10 -107.50 HU 105 3 17.10 -107.50 TC 105 17.20 -107.50 4 100 14 300
1978 EP MM 06:00:00 TS 17.50 -108.20 115 hurdat_epa 392 392 O_________OP___ hurdat_epa EP141978 17.50 -108.20 HU 115 4 17.50 -108.20 TC 115 17.50 -108.20 4 105 15 300
1978 EP MM 09:00:00 TS 17.80 -108.90 434 427 P_________PP___ EP141978 17.80 -108.90 HU 115 4 17.80 -108.90 TC 115 17.80 -108.90 4 110 15 300
1978 EP MM 12:00:00 TS 18.20 -109.60 115 hurdat_epa 475 475 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP141978 18.20 -109.60 HU 115 4 18.20 -109.60 TC 115 18.20 -109.60 4 115 15 300
1978 EP MM 15:00:00 TS 18.60 -110.30 481 446 P_________PP___ EP141978 18.60 -110.30 HU 115 4 18.60 -110.30 TC 115 18.60 -110.30 4 116 16 300
1978 EP MM 18:00:00 TS 19.00 -111.00 115 hurdat_epa 448 425 O_________OP___ hurdat_epa EP141978 19.00 -111.00 HU 115 4 19.00 -111.00 TC 115 19.00 -111.00 4 118 16 300
1978 EP MM 21:00:00 TS 19.40 -111.70 429 418 P_________PP___ EP141978 19.40 -111.70 HU 118 4 19.40 -111.70 TC 118 19.40 -111.70 4 119 15 300
1978 EP MM 1978-09-03 00:00:00 TS 19.80 -112.40 120 hurdat_epa 426 423 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP141978 19.80 -112.40 HU 120 4 19.80 -112.40 TC 120 19.80 -112.40 4 120 15 295
1978 EP MM 03:00:00 TS 20.10 -113.10 448 448 P_________PP___ EP141978 20.10 -113.10 HU 118 4 20.10 -113.10 TC 118 20.10 -113.20 4 119 15 290
1978 EP MM 06:00:00 TS 20.30 -113.90 115 hurdat_epa 496 496 O_________OP___ hurdat_epa EP141978 20.30 -113.90 HU 115 4 20.30 -113.90 TC 115 20.30 -113.90 4 118 15 290
1978 EP MM 09:00:00 TS 20.60 -114.70 527 527 P_________PP___ EP141978 20.60 -114.70 HU 115 4 20.60 -114.70 TC 115 20.60 -114.70 4 116 15 295
1978 EP MM 12:00:00 TS 20.90 -115.40 115 hurdat_epa 542 540 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP141978 20.90 -115.40 HU 115 4 20.90 -115.40 TC 115 20.90 -115.40 4 115 15 300
1978 EP MM 15:00:00 TS 21.30 -116.00 550 550 P_________PP___ EP141978 21.30 -116.00 HU 113 4 21.30 -116.00 TC 113 21.30 -116.10 4 105 14 310
1978 EP MM 18:00:00 TS 21.80 -116.60 110 hurdat_epa 560 560 O_________OP___ hurdat_epa EP141978 21.80 -116.60 HU 110 3 21.80 -116.60 TC 110 21.70 -116.70 4 95 14 305
1978 EP MM 21:00:00 TS 22.10 -117.30 601 595 P_________PP___ EP141978 22.20 -117.20 HU 93 2 22.20 -117.20 TC 93 22.10 -117.30 4 85 14 300
1978 EP MM 1978-09-04 00:00:00 TS 22.50 -117.90 75 hurdat_epa 632 629 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP141978 22.50 -117.90 HU 75 1 22.50 -117.90 TC 75 22.50 -117.90 4 75 14 300
1978 EP MM 03:00:00 TS 22.80 -118.60 648 639 P_________PP___ EP141978 22.80 -118.60 HU 73 1 22.80 -118.60 TC 73 22.80 -118.60 4 73 14 300
1978 EP MM 06:00:00 TS 23.20 -119.20 70 hurdat_epa 655 653 O_________OP___ hurdat_epa EP141978 23.20 -119.20 HU 70 1 23.20 -119.20 TC 70 23.20 -119.30 4 70 14 300
1978 EP MM 09:00:00 TS 23.60 -119.80 663 663 P_________PP___ EP141978 23.60 -119.80 HU 68 1 23.60 -119.80 TC 68 23.60 -119.90 4 68 13 310
1978 EP MM 12:00:00 TS 24.00 -120.30 65 hurdat_epa 671 654 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP141978 24.00 -120.30 HU 65 1 24.00 -120.30 TC 65 24.00 -120.30 4 65 13 325
1978 EP MM 15:00:00 TS 24.60 -120.60 656 631 P_________PP___ EP141978 24.60 -120.60 TS 58 0 24.60 -120.60 TC 58 24.60 -120.50 4 60 13 345
1978 EP MM 18:00:00 TS 25.30 -120.70 50 hurdat_epa 626 590 O_________OP___ hurdat_epa EP141978 25.30 -120.70 TS 50 0 25.30 -120.70 TC 50 25.20 -120.60 4 55 13 360
1978 EP MM 21:00:00 TS 25.90 -120.60 590 557 P_________PP___ EP141978 25.90 -120.60 TS 48 0 25.90 -120.60 TC 48 25.90 -120.60 4 50 13 5
1978 EP MM 1978-09-05 00:00:00 TS 26.60 -120.50 45 hurdat_epa 557 544 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP141978 26.60 -120.50 TS 45 0 26.60 -120.50 TC 45 26.60 -120.50 2 45 14 5
1978 EP MM 03:00:00 TS 27.30 -120.50 542 494 P_________PP___ EP141978 27.30 -120.50 TS 43 0 27.30 -120.50 TC 43 27.30 -120.40 2 43 14 5
1978 EP MM 06:00:00 TS 28.00 -120.40 40 hurdat_epa 494 446 O_________OP___ hurdat_epa EP141978 28.00 -120.40 TS 40 0 28.00 -120.40 TC 40 28.00 -120.30 2 40 14 10
1978 EP MM 09:00:00 TS 28.70 -120.20 446 388 P_________PP___ EP141978 28.70 -120.20 TS 38 0 28.70 -120.20 TC 38 28.70 -120.10 2 38 15 15
1978 EP MM 12:00:00 TS 29.40 -119.90 35 hurdat_epa 388 321 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP141978 29.40 -119.90 TS 35 0 29.40 -119.90 TC 35 29.40 -119.90 2 35 15 25
1978 EP MM 15:00:00 TS 30.00 -119.50 321 249 P_________PP___ EP141978 30.00 -119.50 TS 33 -1 30.00 -119.50 TC 33 30.20 -119.60 2 34 15 25
1978 EP MM 18:00:00 TS 30.70 -119.10 30 hurdat_epa 249 184 O_________OP___ hurdat_epa EP141978 30.70 -119.10 TD 30 -1 30.70 -119.10 TC 30 30.90 -119.30 2 33 17 20
1978 EP MM 21:00:00 TS 31.70 -118.80 182 123 P_________PP___ EP141978 31.70 -118.80 TD 30 -1 31.70 -118.80 TC 30 31.70 -118.90 2 31 18 15
1978 EP MM 1978-09-06 00:00:00 TS 32.50 -118.50 30 hurdat_epa 123 100 O_________OO___ hurdat_epa EP141978 32.50 -118.50 TD 30 -1 32.50 -118.50 TC 30 32.50 -118.50 1 30 12 15
1978 EP MM 03:00:00 TS 32.80 -118.40 100 76 P_________P____ EP141978 32.80 -118.40 TD 28 -1 32.80 -118.40 TC 28 1 5 20
1978 EP MM 06:00:00 NR 33.00 -118.30 25 hurdat_epa 76 52 O_________O____ hurdat_epa EP141978 33.00 -118.30 ET 25 -4 33.00 -118.30 25 1 4 15
1978 EP MM 09:00:00 NR 33.20 -118.20 52 22 P_________P____ EP141978 33.20 -118.20 ET 23 -4 33.20 -118.20 23 1 5 10
1978 EP MM 12:00:00 NR 33.50 -118.20 20 hurdat_epa 22 0 O_________O____ hurdat_epa EP141978 33.50 -118.20 ET 20 -4 33.50 -118.20 20 6 10
1978 EP MM 15:00:00 NR 33.80 -118.20 0 0 P_________P____ EP141978 33.80 -118.20 ET 20 -4 33.80 -118.20 20 6 10
1978 EP MM 18:00:00 NR 34.10 -118.10 20 hurdat_epa 0 0 O_________O____ hurdat_epa EP141978 34.10 -118.10 ET 20 -4 34.10 -118.10 20 5 10
1978 EP MM 21:00:00 NR 34.30 -118.10 0 0 P_________P____ EP141978 34.30 -118.10 ET 20 -4 34.30 -118.10 20 4 10
1978 EP MM 1978-09-07 00:00:00 NR 34.50 -118.00 20 hurdat_epa 0 O_________O____ hurdat_epa EP141978 34.50 -118.00 ET 20 -4 34.50 -118.00 20 4 10